The course is ready. The field is set. The practice rounds have been played. Now, beginning this morning, come four rounds and 72 holes of testing golf on Torrey Pines South, the longest course in U.S. Open history at 7,643 yards. So who will win? That's the question.
Figure the winner will be somebody who knows the course, and has enjoyed some success on it. And he will likely come from golf's upper crust rather than from its minor leagues and regional qualifiers.

Jimmy Henderson has no illusions. He does not expect to contend in the U.S. Open, and he is not entirely convinced that he belongs. He is an AstroTurf salesman by occupation and a golfer who made so little impact as a professional that he has sought and recovered his amateur standing.

Can't say I know Adam Scott from Adam, and it doesn't matter if he's the world's third-ranked golfer or Francis Ouimet. As a rule, I like Australians, but it's easier to admire them when, at the very least, they can be seen. This guy makes the Invisible Man look like Shaq.